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Stories of Service

A special thank you to the students in Darren Yafai's World History classes at Gilroy High School and Christopher High School for the production of these videos. (Note: Not all of the veterans listed are from Gilroy, but all stories were created by students from Gilroy.)

Featured Veterans

(click names to see video)

Jeramy A. Ailes

Amelio "Mel" Albert

Herbert Anderson

Alfred Angelino

David Barton

Glenn Brem

Rolf Buckner

Denise Buessing

Bud Burchell

John Ceballos

Don Clawson

Dale Connell

Una Dia

Kenneth Fortenberry

Al Gagliardi

Pete Garcia

Earl Greenhalgh

Robert Guerrero

Neal Haggerty

Bill Hart

Rod Kelley

Joe Kline

Lou Kracht

Robert Kraus

Masaru Kunimura

Samuel Macelli

Benjamin Mara

Luke Marden

Raymond Millyard

Gilbert Naki

Carlos Ogden

George Parrish

Julio Perales

Edward Perez

Bill Phipher

Lee Roy Pipkin

Lawson Sakai

Rudolfo Sermeno

Tomas Serna

Alfred Settrini

Otmar Silberstein

Ted Simonson

Ben Smith

Burton Spivack

Jack Sturla

Don Thome

Darrell Turner

Toshiko Ueki

Steve Wheeler

Akiji Yoshimura

Carl Zank

Fredrick A. Ziemann

The image shows a mural depicting five military personnel against a backdrop of the American flag, highlighting their service.

​The 5 Branches of Service Mural at the Gilroy Veterans Hall was created by Tim Acker as his Eagle Scout Project for Troop 730 in 2011. He spent nearly 700 hours researching, planning and painting this mural under the supervision of muralist Randy Vogel.​

A special thank you to educator Darren Yafai and historian Phill Laursen for helping catalog all these stories.